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Brickhill,Paul REACH FOR THE SKY - the story of Douglas Bader. £11.50

Collins 1st, 1954, 384pp, 21 photos; near fine, good d/w  
BN: 21712  
Brown, Joseph E. YESTERDAY'S WINGS - The great aircraft of WW 2 and the C.A.F. pilots who fly them today. £15.00
W.H.Allen 1st (UK), 1983; 29 x 22cm, 202pp, f.illus (some col); fine inc d/w.Photos by Dan Guravich - some vg colour.  
BN: 22083  
Bryan J. (Lt Cmdr USNR) AIRCRAFT CARRIER - £10.00
Ballantine USA 1st, 1954; 208pp; fine.  
BN: 30488  
Buchan, William (Ed'r) THE ROYAL AIR FORCE AT WAR - £10.00
Pilot Press 5th, 1941; 28 x 22cm, 72pp; f.illus; vg inc d/w.Good period photos of production, aerodromes, ground crews & aircraft.  
BN: 21661  
Burns, Michael G. BADER - THE MAN AND HIS MEN - £15.00
A & A.P. 1st, 1990 ; 322pp, 22 photos, diags, maps; fine inc d/w. Searching analysis of Bader's successes & character.  
BN: 27108  
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Campbell, J.M & D.Campbell. WAR PAINT - Fighter nose art from WW2 & Korea. £16.00
Airlife 1st, 1990 (from USA 1st 1990); 27 x 31cms, f.illus (some col.); fine, vg d/w.One of the world's largest nose art collections.  
BN: 24327  
Carstairs, John Paddy KALEIDOSCOPE AND A JAUNDICED EYE - £20.00
Hurst & Blackett c1951; 141pp, photos; Inscribed on fep "for D.B." & signed by the author. I can verify that this came from the library of Sir DOUGLAS BADER. (this provenance is the only connection with aviation).  
BN: 29409  
Carty, Pat SECRET SQUADRONS OF THE EIGHTH - £15.00
Ian Allan 1st, 1990; 30 x 22cm, 112pp, f.illus (photos, drgs, maps) summaries in appendices; nr fine inc d/w.The USAF squadrons (422nd, 858th & 803rd) which specialised in psychological & electronic warfare in WW 2.  
BN: 26691  

Celis, Peter  ONE WHO ALMOST MADE IT BACK -  Story of Sqn Ldr Edward Blenkinsop DFC  Grub St, 2008; 260pp, 59 photos; fine inc d/w.

£16.00
Shot down in Belgium in 1944 died in Gergen-Belsen concentration camp; research uncovered his story -a testament to all his comrades.
BN: 31139
Chappell F.R. WELLINGTON WINGS - An RAF Intelligence Officer in the Western Desert. £13.50
Kimber 1st, 1980; 282pp, many photos, maps in text; fine inc d/w. Based on detailed day-to-day diaries written at the time.  
BN 26667  
Cheshire, Sqn Ldr Leonard BOMBER PILOT - £14.00
Hutchinson 1st nd (c1943); 136pp, 21 plates; vg."A Squadron Leader's chronicle of bombing offensive 1939 - 42".  
BN: 22332  
Childers,James S.(Col, USAAF) WAR EAGLES - the story of the Eagle Squadron. £15.00
Heinemann 1st 1943; 20 x 14cm, 261pp, 47 photos, roster, diags in text, ep maps; vg except bd'g sl loose.The first book on the American participation in the RAF.  
BN: 21521  
Chisholm, Roderick COVER OF DARKNESS - £15.00
Chatto 1st ,1953; 222pp, unillus; vg inc d/w.Personal memoirs of night fighting in Blenheims, Beaufighters & Mosquitos, followed by Intruder Ops.  

Coffey, Thomas M.  DECISION OVER SCHWEINFURT -  The 8th Air Force Battle for Daylight Bombing.  Hale 1st UK, 1978 (from 1977 1st); 373pp, 14 illus; near fine, vg d/w.

£18.00
Detailed description of two Schweinfurt raids, Aug & Oct 1943 - lots of personal anecdotes.   
BN: 23960  

Coldbeck, Sqdn Ldr Harry  THE MALTESE SPITFIRE -  One pilot, one plane - find enemy forces on land and sea.

£16.00 
Airlife 1st, 1997; 176pp, 46 photos, 2 maps; fine inc d/w.  New Zealand pilot who was moved from the 66 fighter squadron to fly Malta's only PR Spitfire. Finally shot down and captured, spending the rest of the war as POW
BN: 30845
Collier, Basil JAPANESE AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR 2 - £13.50
S & J 1st, 1979; 25 x 19cm, 144pp, f.illus (some col); fine inc d/w.  
BN: 21393  
Collier, Basil THE BATTLE OF THE V-WEAPONS, 1944-45 - £15.00
Elmfield Press, 1976 edn  Detailed documentary account of the V 1 & V 2 offensives with chronological summary & biblio.;   fine inc d/w -  
BN: 23758  

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